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L PROCEDURES AND SUMMARY OF THE REVIEW PROCESS <br />Coors Energy Company applied for a partial Phase I, II, and III bond release under the Colorado Surface <br />Coal Mining and Reclamation Act following reclamation of the Keenesburg Strip Mine with the SL8 bond <br />release application. The SL8 bond release areas consist of the facilities area and main access road (parcels <br />P 1 and P2 depicted on Keenesburg Mine Map provided with the SL8 application). The mine is located in <br />Weld County, all or portions of Sections 2 and 11, T2N, R64W; and Sections 25 and 36, T3N, R64W; 6th <br />Prime Meridian. <br />CEC has previously requested and been approved for seven bond releases. Bond release SLI was <br />approved on August 11, 1998 for Phase I on 179 acres and Phase II on 111 acres. Bond release <br />SLI released $1,787,113.00 of the reclamation liability. <br />A second bond release, SL2, was approved August 31, 2005. Bond release SL2 approved Phase <br />I release on 51.76 acres. The Division approved $287,918.00 for release from the reclamation liability for <br />ten reclamation parcels included in the request. <br />A third bond release application, SL3, was approved on April 18, 2006. Bond release SL3 was a <br />Phase II bond release for 53.90 acres. The Division approved the release of $130,189.80 of the reclamation <br />liability for Phase II bond release on ten reclamation parcels. <br />A fourth bond release application, SLA, was approved on January 8, 2010. Bond release SL4 was a Phase <br />III bond release of 165.29 acres. The Division approved the release of $167,911.00 of the reclamation <br />liability for Phase III bond release on 17 reclamation parcels. <br />A fifth bond release application, SLS, was approved on September 10, 2010. Bond release SL5 was a <br />Phase II bond release of 51.05 acres The Division approved the release of $120,385.00 of the reclamation <br />liability for Phase II bond release on 11 reclamation parcels. <br />A sixth bond release application, SL6, was approved on January 4, 2012. Bond release SL6 was a Phase <br />III bond release of 42.29 acres. The Division approved the release of $63,799.00 of the reclamation liability <br />for Phase III bond release on 9 reclamation parcels. <br />A seventh bond release application, SL7, was approved April 2, 2015. Bond release SL7 was a Phase I <br />bond release of 27.1 acres. The Division approved the release of $342,547.09 of the reclamation liability <br />for Phase I bond release on 3 reclamation parcels. <br />The SL8 application for a partial Phase I, II and III bond release was received by the Division on November <br />2, 2015. The application was deemed Complete on November 12, 2015. CEC published notice of the <br />3 1 Page <br />